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Critical role of water in the formation of continental crust by Collins, William J., Murphy, J. Brendan, Johnson, Tim E., Huang, Hui-Qing

“…Continental arcs are the sites of production of continental crust, but the origin of these magmatic systems is not well understood. Although a number of…”
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Asserting the climate benefits of the coal-to-gas shift across temporal and spatial scales by Tanaka, Katsumasa, Cavalett, Otávio, Collins, William J., Cherubini, Francesco

“…Reducing CO 2 emissions through a shift from coal to natural gas power plants is a key strategy to support pathways for climate stabilization. However, methane…”
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The effects of tropospheric ozone on net primary productivity and implications for climate change by Ainsworth, Elizabeth A, Yendrek, Craig R, Sitch, Stephen, Collins, William J, Emberson, Lisa D

“…Tropospheric ozone (O(3)) is a global air pollutant that causes billions of dollars in lost plant productivity annually. It is an important anthropogenic…”
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Land-Use Emissions Play a Critical Role in Land Based Mitigation for Paris Climate Targets by Harper, Anna B., Powell, Tom, Cox, Peter M., House, Joanna, Huntingford, Chris, Lenton, Timothy M., Sitch, Stephen, Burke, Eleanor, Chadburn, Sarah E., Collins, William J., Comyn-Platt, Edward, Daioglou, Vassilis, Doelman, Jonathan C., Hayman, Garry, Robertson, Eddy, van Vuuren, Detlef, Wiltshire, Andy, Webber, Christopher P., Bastos, Ana, Boysen, Lena, Ciais, Philippe, Devaraju, Narayanappa, Jain, Atul K., Krause, Andreas, Poulter, Ben, Shu, Shijie

“…Scenarios that limit global warming to below 2 degrees Centigrade by 2100 assume significant land-use change to support large-scale carbon dioxide (CO2)…”
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Stable climate metrics for emissions of short and long-lived species-combining steps and pulses by Collins, William J, Frame, David J, Fuglestvedt, Jan S, Shine, Keith P

“…Multi-gas climate agreements rely on a methodology (widely referred to as 'metrics') to place emissions of different gases on a CO2-equivalent scale. There has…”
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AerChemMIP: quantifying the effects of chemistry and aerosols in CMIP6 by Collins, William J, Lamarque, Jean-François, Schulz, Michael, Boucher, Olivier, Eyring, Veronika, Hegglin, Michaela I, Maycock, Amanda, Myhre, Gunnar, Prather, Michael, Shindell, Drew, Smith, Steven J

“…The Aerosol Chemistry Model Intercomparison Project (AerChemMIP) is endorsed by the Coupled-Model Intercomparison Project 6 (CMIP6) and is designed to quantify…”
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Transport impacts on atmosphere and climate: Shipping by Eyring, Veronika, Isaksen, Ivar S.A., Berntsen, Terje, Collins, William J., Corbett, James J., Endresen, Oyvind, Grainger, Roy G., Moldanova, Jana, Schlager, Hans, Stevenson, David S.

“…Emissions of exhaust gases and particles from oceangoing ships are a significant and growing contributor to the total emissions from the transportation sector…”
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Future Global Mortality from Changes in Air Pollution Attributable to Climate Change by Silva, Raquel A., West, J. Jason, Lamarque, Jean-Francois, Shindell, Drew T., Collins, William J., Faluvegi, Greg, Folberth, Gerd A., Horowitz, Larry W., Nagashima, Tatsuya, Naik, Vaishali, Rumbold, Steven T., Sudo, Kengo, Takemura, Toshihiko, Bergmann, Daniel, Cameron-Smith, Philip, Doherty, Ruth M., Josse, Beatrice, MacKenzie, Ian A., Stevenson, David S., Zeng, Guang

“…Ground-level ozone and fine particulate matter (PM (sub 2.5)) are associated with premature human mortality; their future concentrations depend on changes in…”
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COVID-19 lockdown emission reductions have the potential to explain over half of the coincident increase in global atmospheric methane by Stevenson, David S, Derwent, Richard G, Wild, Oliver, Collins, William J

“…Compared with 2019, measurements of the global growth rate of background (marine air) atmospheric methane rose by 5.3 ppb yr−1 in 2020, reaching 15.0 ppb yr−1…”
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Carbon budgets for 1.5 and 2 °C targets lowered by natural wetland and permafrost feedbacks by Comyn-Platt, Edward, Hayman, Garry, Huntingford, Chris, Chadburn, Sarah E., Burke, Eleanor J., Harper, Anna B., Collins, William J., Webber, Christopher P., Powell, Tom, Cox, Peter M., Gedney, Nicola, Sitch, Stephen

“…Global methane emissions from natural wetlands and carbon release from permafrost thaw have a positive feedback on climate, yet are not represented in most…”
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Trends in global tropospheric hydroxyl radical and methane lifetime since 1850 from AerChemMIP by Stevenson, David S, Zhao, Alcide, Naik, Vaishali, O'Connor, Fiona M, Tilmes, Simone, Zeng, Guang, Murray, Lee T, Collins, William J, Griffiths, Paul T, Shim, Sungbo, Horowitz, Larry W, Sentman, Lori T, Emmons, Louisa

“…We analyse historical (1850–2014) atmospheric hydroxyl (OH) and methane lifetime data from Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6)/Aerosols and…”
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Global premature mortality due to anthropogenic outdoor air pollution and the contribution of past climate change by Silva, Raquel A, West, J Jason, Zhang, Yuqiang, Anenberg, Susan C, Lamarque, Jean-François, Shindell, Drew T, Collins, William J, Dalsoren, Stig, Faluvegi, Greg, Folberth, Gerd, Horowitz, Larry W, Nagashima, Tatsuya, Naik, Vaishali, Rumbold, Steven, Skeie, Ragnhild, Sudo, Kengo, Takemura, Toshihiko, Bergmann, Daniel, Cameron-Smith, Philip, Cionni, Irene, Doherty, Ruth M, Eyring, Veronika, Josse, Beatrice, MacKenzie, I A, Plummer, David, Righi, Mattia, Stevenson, David S, Strode, Sarah, Szopa, Sophie, Zeng, Guang

“…Increased concentrations of ozone and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) since preindustrial times reflect increased emissions, but also contributions of past…”
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Increased importance of methane reduction for a 1.5 degree target by Collins, William J, Webber, Christopher P, Cox, Peter M, Huntingford, Chris, Lowe, Jason, Sitch, Stephen, Chadburn, Sarah E, Comyn-Platt, Edward, Harper, Anna B, Hayman, Garry, Powell, Tom

“…To understand the importance of methane on the levels of carbon emission reductions required to achieve temperature goals, a processed-based approach is…”
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Significant climate benefits from near-term climate forcer mitigation in spite of aerosol reductions by Allen, Robert J, Horowitz, Larry W, Naik, Vaishali, Oshima, Naga, O'Connor, Fiona M, Turnock, Steven, Shim, Sungbo, Le Sager, Philippe, van Noije, Twan, Tsigaridis, Kostas, Bauer, Susanne E, Sentman, Lori T, John, Jasmin G, Broderick, Conor, Deushi, Makoto, Folberth, Gerd A, Fujimori, Shinichiro, Collins, William J

“…Near-term climate forcers (NTCFs), including aerosols and chemically reactive gases such as tropospheric ozone and methane, offer a potential way to mitigate…”
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Nature of extensional accretionary orogens by Collins, William J.

“…Extensional accretionary orogens form by creation and destruction of large arc/back arc basin systems, generated by extension and sediment infilling during…”
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Regional temperature change potentials for short-lived climate forcers based on radiative forcing from multiple models by Aamaas, Borgar, Berntsen, Terje K, Fuglestvedt, Jan S, Shine, Keith P, Collins, William J

“…We calculate the absolute regional temperature change potential (ARTP) of various short-lived climate forcers (SLCFs) based on detailed radiative forcing (RF)…”
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Quantitative characterization of orogens through isotopic mapping by Wang, Tao, Xiao, Wenjiao, Collins, William J., Tong, Ying, Hou, Zengqian, Huang, He, Wang, Xiaoxia, Lin, Shoufa, Seltmann, Reimar, Wang, Chaoyang, Han, Baofu

“…Abstract The relationship between orogens and crustal growth is a fundamental issue in the Earth sciences. Here we present Nd isotope mapping results of felsic…”
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The influence of ozone precursor emissions from four world regions on tropospheric composition and radiative climate forcing by Fry, Meridith M., Naik, Vaishali, West, J. Jason, Schwarzkopf, M. Daniel, Fiore, Arlene M., Collins, William J., Dentener, Frank J., Shindell, Drew T., Atherton, Cyndi, Bergmann, Daniel, Duncan, Bryan N., Hess, Peter, MacKenzie, Ian A., Marmer, Elina, Schultz, Martin G., Szopa, Sophie, Wild, Oliver, Zeng, Guang

“…Ozone (O3) precursor emissions influence regional and global climate and air quality through changes in tropospheric O3 and oxidants, which also influence…”
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Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of an Upper Permian Sedimentary Succession: Northern Sydney Basin, Southeastern Australia by Melehan, Sean, Botziolis, Chrysanthos, Maravelis, Angelos G., Catuneanu, Octavian, Ruming, Kevin, Holmes, Erin, Collins, William J.

“…This study integrates sedimentological and stratigraphic insights into the Upper Permian sedimentary rocks of the Wittingham, Tomago and Newcastle Coal…”
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Compressional intracontinental orogens: Ancient and modern perspectives by Raimondo, Tom, Hand, Martin, Collins, William J.

“…Compressional intracontinental orogens are major zones of crustal thickening produced at large distances from active plate boundaries. Consequently, any…”
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